2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 133,583 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Maine, there were 139 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 112 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$5,679 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Auburn, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general studies degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Maine Community College is $5,679 for Maine Associate Degree General Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Central Maine Technical College General Studies Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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